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Yesterday when I was moving my bookshelves from one room to the next and trying to find space for all the heavy ass paper on my shelves in an organized manner... I wished for the first time that I had one of these.

Other than that, I guess the only reason I would want one would be for the convenience of having many books in the palm of my hand for travel or etc. If I worked a job where I got to read all the time, it'd be really great to have one.

I like the way a book feels in my hands, and I don't much like reading off of a screen, so I prefer books. But I can see the draw of them. It'd be convenient for certain things.

yeah but one of the main reasons for buying books is to actually have them lying around too. a collection of books looks cool, is impressive, can serve as references, stuff you can read to your young kids,etc. basically theres no upside to not having real books around.

i saw an advert for an Amazon Kindle device today, complete with the footnote "only £111".

£111 for an activity that can be pretty much free? i mean there may be 'Amazon Kindle exclusives' but as far as I know there has been no "Das Kapital" or "War and Peace" equivalent released exclusively for the Amazon Kindle device.

yeah but one of the main reasons for buying books is to actually have them lying around too. a collection of books looks cool, is impressive, can serve as references, stuff you can read to your young kids,etc. basically theres no upside to not having real books around.

except when you're are trying to move. Boxes of books are very heavy.
But E-readers are gayer than my sig.

i saw an advert for an Amazon Kindle device today, complete with the footnote "only £111".

£111 for an activity that can be pretty much free? i mean there may be 'Amazon Kindle exclusives' but as far as I know there has been no "Das Kapital" or "War and Peace" equivalent released exclusively for the Amazon Kindle device.

All books that are no longer copyrighted can be downloaded legally for free and put on a kindle... so if you are a lover of classics, then it is really worthwhile.

Also ebooks are a lot cheaper than real books. Especially new hardbacks.

I saw a package of 50 ebooks (titles that I would actually read) being auctioned on ebay for only a few bucks with no shipping because they simply provide you with a code that you input into your device.

I don't have one, and I probably won't get one, but they are worthwhile, in my opinion, especially if you read a lot.

My shelving system is 8 x 7 feet, plus another shelf that is just cheap pressed wood from walmart, I don't know how big it is, but I have all my books wedged in there in some semblance of order and I still can't fit them all in. So most of the thin paper backs I bought in my pre-teen years are in a closet. That's a lot of wall space. (probably about 11 feet of wall space) That's a lot of paper. That's a lot of weight to pack and move.